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The distance around a circle, equal to 3.1416 times the circle's diameter.<ref>
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'''Circumference''' is the distance around a [[circle]], equal to [[pi]] times the circle's [[diameter]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref>
 
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The formula is written, algebraically, as follows: <math>\pi\ D </math>
Many Christian commentators have questioned this, on Biblical grounds. In 1 Kings 7:23-26 and 2 Chronicles 4:2-5, the Bible describes how Solomon built the house of the Lord. In both passages, it says that he made a molten sea, round all about, ten cubits across and thirty cubits around. By this reasoning, it is hard to see how the secular value of pi can be maintained.
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where D is the circle's diameter.
 
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Alternatively, it can be written as: <math>2 \pi\ r </math>
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where 'r' is the circle's [[radius]].
 
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Latest revision as of 01:32, January 16, 2009

Circumference is the distance around a circle, equal to pi times the circle's diameter.[1] The formula is written, algebraically, as follows: where D is the circle's diameter.

Alternatively, it can be written as: where 'r' is the circle's radius.

References

  1. Wile, Dr. Jay L. Exploring Creation With General Science. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000